Dr. V. Orestes Romualdez Educational Foundation Inc.

Senior High School Department

Tacloban City

INTERVIEW PROTOCOL
Kristina Kassandra N. Beduya
XI-Edison
Practical Research 1
May 21, 2020

How do you part-take or ensure your safety during the COVID-19 pandemic?
 A. Introduction

I am pleased to meet you Ma’am/Sir _________ , I am __________ , the interviewee.

You are chosen to be a part of this study because you are identified to have a great knowledge
in preventive/precautionary measures practiced in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic in
communal areas. Our research study mainly focuses on the improvement of the practiced
preventive/precautionary measures in communal areas, with particular interest on how public
areas assess their huge crowd and understanding how the staff and the crowd show their
involvement in the said practices. Our study aims to evaluate and learn more on the practiced
preventive/precautionary measures in communal areas during the COVID-19 pandemic, and
hopefully learn on individually practiced precautions by your staff, faculty, and members of
the (Organization, School, Company, etc.).

To further our note-taking, we would like to record our conversations today. For your
information, only researchers on the project will be privy to the recorded audio tapes which
will be eventually destroyed after they are transcribed. In addition, you must sign a form
devised to meet our human subject requirements. Essentially, this document states that: (1) all
information will be held confidential, (2) your participation is voluntary and you may stop at
any time if you feel uncomfortable, and (3) we do not intend to inflict any harm. Thank you
for your agreeing to participate.

We have planned this interview to last no longer than two hours. During this time, we have
several questions that we would like to cover. If time begins to run short, it may be necessary
to interrupt you in order to push ahead and complete this line of questioning.

B. Background/Opening Questions

1. Briefly explain your role (Employee, Staff, Student, etc.) as it relates to practiced
precautionary measures. (If it relates). (Background/Demographic Questions)

2. What are your views or ideas when you hear “precautionary measures”?
(Opinion/Values Question)

3. What motivates you to be involved in preventive/precautionary measures? (Feelings

Question)

Probe: How long have you been involved in such practice?

C. Content Questions

1. What are these practiced precautionary measures you are involved in?
(Background/Demographic Questions)

Probe: Is it easily practiced- why or why not?

2. Are there available resources to (Employee, Staff, Student, etc.) in your (Organization,
School, Company, etc.) that improves or cater your practiced precautionary measures?
(Knowledge Question)

Probe: What are these resources?

3. How are you able to acquire such precautionary measures? (Knowledge Question)

D. Closing Instructions

This will be the end of our interview. We would like to give a huge thanks for
participating and cooperating all throughout the interview. This recorded conversation that
consists our conversation will be a huge help. We will be using this as part of our gathered
data that would complete our said research study. As said before, the recorded audio tapes
will be destroyed once we completed the transcriptions. If the researcher/interviewee have
further questions that are related to the topic, we hope that your honored participation and
cooperation will be expected, but only if you agree with it. Thank You!